The Empire Builders

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Empire Builders
Produced by Phil Goldstone
Starring Snowy Baker
Margaret Landis
Release date
  • 1924 (1924)
Running time
49 mins
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Empire Builders is a 1924 American silent film starring Snowy Baker, the second movie the Australian actor made in America. It was highly popular in Australia. [1]

Contents

Prominent roles were taken by the horses Boomerang and Prince Charlie. [2]

Plot

The film is set in South Africa. Captain William Ballard of the Territorials is sent to make a treaty with the natives. He meets resistance from the Boers, still unreconciled to British rule. He falls in love with Katryn van der Poel. He succeeds in rescuing a lost party and recovering important military dispatches. [3]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "[?]EMPIRE BUILDERS."". The Advertiser . Adelaide. July 23, 1924. p. 3. Retrieved August 25, 2013– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "THE CINEMA WORLD". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas. July 18, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved August 25, 2013– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "THE CINEMA WORLD". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas. September 19, 1924. p. 11. Retrieved August 25, 2013– via National Library of Australia.


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